Goings on

Shows 

Maximilian Hecker "Sea of Silence" 2018 Tour

Date: April 29 - 8 pm

Venue: Guangzhou Friendship Theater

Maximilian Hecker is a German musician from Berlin, known for ethereal pop or dream pop music, similar to Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Tom Baxter and Nick Drake. He himself describes his songs as melancholy pop hymns. Hecker grew up in Baden-Wuerttemberg and North Rhine-Westphalia. He learned to play the piano, the drums and the guitar and did his A levels at Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium in Bunde in 1997. Having finished his alternative civilian service at Klinikum Schwabing in Munich, he started training in nursing practice at the hospital Charite in Berlin in 1999. Apart from his activities as a trainee nurse, Hecker continued pursuing his musical hobby busking in the area of Hackescher Markt in Berlin-Mitte. Thus he came in contact with Berlin's music and cultural scene. In 2000, the demo of his song, Cold Wind Blowing, was used for the score of German director Esther Gronenborn's movie alaska.de. Soon after that, the Berlin based record company Kitty-yo, having released the movie's soundtrack, offered Hecker a record deal.

Theater of Physical Comedy: Aga-Boom

Date: March 21-25 - 2 pm/7:30 pm

Venue: Shanghai PG Theater

Created by veteran of Cirque Du Soleil Dimitri Bogatirev, Aga-Boom was nominated for the Ovation Award in the category of best touring show, along with The Producers, 42nd Street, Lily Tomlin and Elaine Stritch, as well as The Luna del Auditorio Award in the category of Alternative Productions, along with Blue Man group and Apocalyptica. Rooted in the unique European theatrical style and universal language of clowning, Aga-Boom cuts through the barriers of language and culture with the art of slapstick, the humor of physical comedy and the delighted excitement of childhood. Aga-Boom is an interactive mayhem that carries audiences to the other side of the funhouse mirror, with outrageous zaniness and unrestrained laughter. This 75-minute explosion of pure family fun, for children and adults alike, is high energy, and nothing you have ever seen before.